St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-15
A SUO CTING LADY.
How She Made Life Unbearable for Her
Old Husband.


Old Husband.
An old negro, upon whose head the
mildew of time had begun to settle, sat
with his back against cypress tree His
straw hat, with red cotton handkerchief
Wadded into the crown. had been care
leSslv thrown aside, and the clay pine
which the old man had allowed to drop
from his hand, plainly told the story of
deep if not troubled thought. 4 white
man came along and, seeing the negro,
stopped and thus addressed him:
"1 on seem to be taking it easy, old
man"
"1as, sab, vas; an de steer mout seem
ter be takin it easy an at de same time
| be pullin' er powerful heavy load"
Then | suppose you are not taking it
easy"
Oats whut l amt dom, sah OATS
jest 'Zactly whut ain tdoin'"
Has anything gone wrong with you 2"
Anything go wrong wild Jonah Wen
de sun came erlaung an killed his gould
vine?' the old negro asked.
well, rather"
wall, it, ruther wild me, too"
Tell me what the trouble is, and prob
ably can help you. My mission in this
life is to help others bear their burdens"
wall, yer got yer hans full; OATS
whut | got ter say bout dat proiick.
doan think yer ken do me no good, sab
My trouble is er family erfair"
Indeed? How long have you been
married:"
"Oh, Tse been NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Use been maird off on on eber sense |
wuz a chunk O er boy. Do you mean
how laung Use had de wife O de present
ercasion?"
Yes, that's what mean
"Wall, sab, | amt had her but bout
six weeks, but it seems like ternity to
me, it do. Acted er fool, sab, acted err
plum fool"
How 500"
by marin one O. dose yere shoutin
niggers. OATS how so. | oughter had
better sense den dat, for l mout er
knowd dat dar nebber wuz er shoutin
niger oman dat didn't lead her husban
de life O de maingyest sort O dog"
why, is she worse than any other
kind ?"
"Doan ak me why, sab It's ernuff fur
me ter know dat it's err fack. Wy, sab,
it's bein' full O Satan dat makes 'em
shout. Oar nebber wuz er shoutin'
oman, white nor black, dat wuzn't easy
ter make mad an wild er mighty straung
hankerin' for slappin' de chillun gwine
and comm, Night erfo' las dat lady
whit | maird shouted roun de mourn
ers' bench till late, den come home an
jes berkase I'd dun furgot ter lock de
smoke-'ous snatched down a plowlire
and larruped me wild it till felt ershamed
O her, kaze Spite ter see er pusson dat
claims to be ligious an gentle ack in SIGH
er way ez dat"
why didn't you take the rope away
from her?'
wy didn' de-de-de-w'y didn' de
Phlladelphians take de jawbone erway
frum Sampson? kaze da couldn', sab;
OATS de reason. Now dat wuz las night.
She want satisfied but had ter ack er
fool ergin. Shouted at de church, sab
jumped frum one bench ter ernudder,
an shouted an tuck on like her heart
gwine ter bust open wild lub right dar,
and den traipsed right straight home, she
did, an kaZe I had dun furgot ter water
de cabbage plants she snatched up er
clab'oard an frailed me till neber did
feel so ershamah O er pusson. l wuz
ershamed ter knowledge, sab, dat she
wuz de wife O mer own bosom an breas''
II am sorry for you," said the white
man. "Ihave come down here to preach
to you poor, deluded people, and must
advise you to trust in the Lord"
Hole on dar, sab; stop right whar yer
is" The negro arose. stop dar. Use
been Err preacher fur thirty-f' yeahs, an
now you comes erlaung an tells me ter
trus' in de Lawd. Wy, sab, I'll pillow up
de groun' wild yer" The white man took
to his heels. "Oh, yer better mosey.
Come roun' heah 'visin' me whut tur do
Mex ter er shoutin' lady l spies er
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